Trains in Peru and Chile tunnel through mountains and teeter on cliff edges
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French photographer Jean Marc Frybourg went to great lengths to capture these incredible images of some of South America's most scenic rail routes in Peru and Chile.
The 56-year-old from Paris, whose day job is in the pharmaceutical industry, has an obsession with travel and photography, in particular immortalising his favourite railways.
The photographs below feature trains mainly servicing mines as they weave through remarkable landscapes which are made accessible due to just as impressive engineering feats that make the viewer wonder how on earth they got a track there in the first place.
In one shot, two trains are perfectly aligned on a mountain side, which Frybourg says was thanks to the cooperation of the railway company while another is transporting tanks of sulphuric .
'I started taking photos when I was a boy,' he said. 'I have always taken photographs. I have begun "learning" photography and using serious cameras in 1972 when I was 11 or 12-years-old.'
His love of trains started with a model roads and went from there. 'I wanted to travel and see the trains. Since then, I have always preferred taking pictures of trains.'
Cutting it fine: Two trains positioned perfectly in shot at the Viso double switchback near Matucana, Peru
Dangerous business: Another angle on the Ferronor train heading down the grade from the Potrerillos copper smelter with sulfuric acid tanks
Flat-lining: This train headed for the Cerro de Pasco copper mine passes through lagunas near the Chinchaycocha Lake at Junin in Peru
Mountain way: The famous Puente Infiernillo is captured from above on the on the Ferrocar near San Mateo, Peru
Living dangerously: A driver navigates a heavy freight train on steep grades of the Andes
Blowing smoke: A Ferronor train with a load of sulfuric acid tanks works its way down from the Potrerillos plant going toward Llanta and Diego de Almagro in Chile
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